Knapp

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Knapp (pronounced like English "nap") can refer to:

As a surname, Knapp is of uncertain Germanic origin. It may have meant "small hill". It is also thought to have meant something like "lacking in funds". In modern German, knapp means "scarcely" or "little difference", while in Swedish and Norwegian a knapp is a button.

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[edit] People

[edit] Places

[edit] Companies

  • Bill Knapp's, a defunct restaurant chain in Michigan
  • Knapp's, an unrelated defunct department store chain, also in Michigan

[edit] Other

  • Knapp Commission, a far-reaching investigation, named for its chairman Whitman Knapp, into corruption in the NYPD from 1970 to 1972
  • USS Knapp (DD-653), United States Navy destroyer